Musicians Who Died in July 1951

  • Jul 6 Josef Hüttel, Czech composer, dies at 57
  • Jul 9 Egbert Van Alstyne, American popular music songwriter and ragtime pianist ("In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree"; "For Your Boy and My Boy"), dies after a stroke at 73 [1]
  • Jul 9 Jorgen Bentzon, Danish composer, dies at 54

Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)

Jul 13 Austrian-American composer (Verklärte Nacht - Transfigured Night; 2nd Quartet), and painter associated with the expressionist movement, dies at 76

  • Jul 19 Max Ettinger, Jewish-German composer (Jiddische Requiem), dies at 77